Good, bad and ugly: the Taliban and Afghanistan

Published: May 8, 2023, 9 a.m.

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Their return to rule is unequivocally bad for the country\\u2019s women and girls. But wholesale collapse has not come and some aspects of government have improved; it turns out threats of grotesque violence change behaviours. We investigate the curious case of Morocco\\u2019s absent king\\u2014and his unlikely mixed-martial-artist pals. And how the mobile phone has shaped cinema for half a century.


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